CHICAGO (Bulan Juni 19, 2017) – After a successful pilot that was viewed by more than 40,000 boxing fans live on Facebook, FIGHTNIGHT LANGSUNG hits the Chicago area on Hari Jumat, Bulan Juni 23, from Rosemont, Sakit., with hardware on the line in a rematch of a hotly-contested draw as Mikropon “Hollywood” Jimenez (20-1-1, 14 Biaya) dan “Son of the Legend” Aaron Pryor, Jr. (19-10-2, 12 Biaya) square off in a ten-round main event for the WBC Continental Americas Super Middleweight Championship.
Longtime Chicago fan favorite and perennial contender Donovan “Da Bomb” George, (25-7-2, 22 Biaya) will join his previously-announced #BOMBSQUAD teammate Jimenez in an eight-round light heavyweight co-feature. Undefeated in his hometown of Chicago, George will be fighting locally for the first time dalam tiga tahun, facing off against area arch-nemesis Menara bor “Manusia unggul” Findley (26-21-1, 17 Biaya) of Gary, Indiana.
Legendary Chicago-based National Anthem singer Jim Cornelison will once again honor our country prior to the start of the main event – fans can catch that highly-anticipated performance along with all of the action in the ring live on Facebook.
“It’s a tremendous honor to take our Facebook FIGHTNIGHT LIVE platform to the Windy City area. It’s becoming a national platform already during its infancy – with East Coast and West Coast dates on the calendar and now this opportunity in the No. 3 media market in America – and we’ve been thrilled with the response from fight fans so far,” tersebut Mark Fratto, Kepala Linacre Media. “We’re looking forward to working with the Village of Rosemont, as well as legendary promoters like Bobby Hitz dan Frank Mugnolo on this card.”
The numbers on the Mei 11 FIGHTNIGHT LIVE pilot from Mohegan Sun Resort showed promise and potential for the new platform. With only two days of promotion, the premiere broadcast amassed 43,000 total video views by 38,000 unique viewers. A total of 1.4 thousand hours of LIVE video was consumed by Facebook users during the first show alone. In addition to the raw numbers, sepenuhnya-interaktif, fan-friendly production saw 9,021 live post engagements for the show, yang termasuk 5,000 “-orang seperti” atau “mencintai,” 2,989 comments and 628 saham.
Pada Hari Jumat malam, Bulan Juni 23, live from The Dome at The Ballpark in Rosemont, penggemar dapat mengharapkan berdampak tinggi, multi-kamera pengalaman streaming yang lengkap dengan grafis, animasi, replay, wawancara dan tim mengumumkan berlabuh oleh blow-by-blow penyiar Ray Flores Premier Boxing Champions, Showtime Tinju, HBO Boxing and CBS Sports Network boxing fame. Untuk memberikan penonton dengan pengalaman ringside sepenuhnya interaktif, komentator akan meminta dan menanggapi pertanyaan dari penonton Facebook di seluruh siaran.
Joining the broadcast team will be world-ranked light heavyweight, Mike Lee.
University of Notre Dame alum Lee (19-0, 10 Biaya) is ranked No. 12 oleh WBO, Tidak. 12 by the IBF and No. 14 oleh WBC, and was originally scheduled to be in the main event but now joins Flores for expert analysis. Television host Danielle Robay of WCIU-Chicago and Entertainment Malam Ini, NBC-4 Los Angeles and HLN-fame will bring fans exclusive pre-and post-fight interviews from ringside.
Dibuat dan diproduksi oleh Linacre Media dari New York City, the FIGHTNIGHT LIVE series features multiple camera angles, graphics, replay dan di belakang layar akses dan wawancara. Menunjukkan streaming yang tersedia secara global di mana pun Facebook tersedia. Inisiatif ini tidak hanya memungkinkan penggemar dari seluruh dunia untuk mendengarkan, tetapi juga memberikan pejuang up-dan-datang platform global untuk menampilkan kemampuan mereka, memberikan promotor sebuah diakses “siaran” solusi dan memberikan sponsor kemampuan untuk menjangkau khalayak massa melalui konten bermerek.
A Bulan Juli 15 date in Phoenix, Ariz., dengan Roy Jones Jr. Boxing Promotions has already been released on the FIGHTNIGHT LIVE calendar. FIGHTNIGHT LIVE strap season continues on Hari Sabtu, Bulan Juli 29, in Raleigh, N.C., as Tar Heel State undefeated super flyweight Dewayne Beamon competes for the IBO Inter-Continental and UBF World Junior Bantamweight titles. More FIGHTNIGHT LIVE dates will be officially announced in the coming weeks.
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